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Valentine's Day at the ROM: Unique Painting of Lovers

Valentine's Day at the ROM: Unique Painting of Lovers

Guest blog by Sudharshan Duraiyappah, a scholar and instruction at the University of Toronto and the ROM A cursory glance at the 17 th century Kangra painting featuring Radha and her lover Krishna, who according to Hindu mythology is considered an incarnation of the god Vishnu, might elicit a

Collection Care for Hellenistic Clay sealings from Edfu, Egypt

Collection Care for Hellenistic Clay sealings from Edfu, Egypt

Collected in 1906 by Royal Ontario Museum's founder, Charles T. Currelly, these Hellenistic, Ptolemaic period, clay seal impressions were originally used like sealing wax to secure rolls of papyrus documents Edfu. The sealings, made from about 325- 25 BCE, are tiny and very fragile bits of

#EmptyROM- Libby Roach

#EmptyROM- Libby Roach

This past Wednesday we held our 3rd #EmptyROM tour and the photos are just starting to trickle in. We focused this tour on the 2nd floor, mainly the Dinosaur gallery. Below you'll see a selection of Libby Roach's photos, enjoy!     Alright everybody say it with me now... Aaaaaawe!

Captivating Images from Winners of the ROM Photographer of the Year Contest

Captivating Images from Winners of the ROM Photographer of the Year Contest

Scarborough man wins trip to Greenland with winning photo of coyote in downtown Toronto As part of our engagement program for the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit (from BBC Worldwide and the Natural History Museum, London), we launched an Ontario specific photo contest in mid

#EmptyROM 3- Hungry in the Hammer

#EmptyROM 3- Hungry in the Hammer

Leslie is a BIG fan of the museum and is always tweeting away when she visits so it was nice to meet her in real life last week at our 3rd #EmptyROM tour.  Here are some of her wonderful photos! For more of Leslie's photos visit her blog here. You can also follow here on Twitter! Stay tuned

How Drone Photography is Saving Wildlife

How Drone Photography is Saving Wildlife

Guest Blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Lisa Milosavljevic In the past few years, drone photography has provided us with more images from the skies than ever before. These Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, are aircrafts that do not have a human

Wildlife Photography: Behind the Camera

Wildlife Photography: Behind the Camera

Guest Blog written by Environmental Visual Communication students Aisha Parkhill-Goyette and Jeff Dickie Imagine you are deep in the jungle of Sri Lanka. You find yourself blinded by the pouring rain, knee deep in a rushing river, desperately trying not to fall in. Lightning strikes only meters

Five Answers to WP "Y?"

Five Answers to WP "Y?"

Guest Blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Jessica Gordon The tradition of taking pictures of nature is a long one.  It can be traced back to 1906 when National Geographic featured its first ever wildlife photos. In 1963 Animals was launched, which would eventually become BBC

Tattoos: Borneo

Tattoos: Borneo

Guest blog by Chris Darling, Senior Curator of Entomology. The ROM is guided by a dual mandate, “The Arts of Man Through all the Years” and “The Record of Nature Through Countless Ages.” Many major museums were similarly comprehensive when established because they were broadly interested

ROM Research: Detailing Wendiceratops

ROM Research: Detailing Wendiceratops

David Evans and Michael Ryan reveal a spectacular new species of ceratopsian,  Wendiceratops was approximately 6 metres from nose to tail and weighed more than a ton (2,000 lbs). Guest blog by Shiona M. Mackenzie. Fossils collected from a bonebed in southern Alberta during the summers of 2011